Origin Issue Comics

We list 122 key issues with an origin story dated 1938 to 2016, from Marvel, DC and Image and 19 other publishers.

They are ranked by how many copies CGC has graded, a rough measure of collector demand, then by release date. 82 of them have CGC census counts.

List as of October 9, 2026, from the CollectionPlnr catalog. Values are the median asking price of current eBay listings, not sold prices, checked October 8, 2026. For books before 1990 they cover every grade on offer.